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The marking of Tonduff North and Tonduff South as separate hill-names on the Discovery map does not seem justified, as there is only a single peak.
Tonduff is the 210th highest place in Ireland.Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/206/?PHPSESSID=gq85092q95eufcte8m0e0q0if4

Tonduff wasn’t living up to its dark name last weekend. It was dazzling white under a cloak of hoarfrost and could more aptly have been called Tonbawn or Tonbane.

It’s no easy task to determine a grid reference for the summit point on this broad, flat top. Several peat hags are crowned with cairns and all could equally claim the honour. My own vote, for what it’s worth, goes to O 1594 1368A (see photo).

The peat hags give an idea of the thickness of blanket bog that once covered this top. It has now disappeared to a great extent, but the process of erosion is not a recent one. Although we often blame quads, bikes and stomping boots for precipitating erosion, that isn’t always the case. Quite frequently we seem to be looking at an extended natural process that has as much to do with patterns of climate change as with human incursions. Perhaps, indeed, in years to come many of our green/brown mountain domes will have a bald pate and will have no need of frost or snow to dazzle us with their brightness. Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/206/comment/4434/